California A Fire Survey / Stephen J. Pyne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- author.

Series:

Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- To the last smoke.

To the last smoke / series by Stephen J. Pyne ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest fires--California--Prevention and control--History.

Forest fires.

Forest fires--California--History.

Wildfires--California--Prevention and control--History.

Wildfires.

Wildfires--California--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"By its size, fire intensity, and institutional responses, California has long shaped the national agenda for wildland fire. From its early days, California decided for fire suppression. How and why this happened is the subject of this fire reconnaissance of America's Golden State for fire"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: conflagrating California

California's invented fire cultures

State of emergency

Cajon Pass: portal to southern California

Forests: southern California's fire rectangle

Parks: traversing the transverse

Imperium in Imperio

Mending firewalls

Force majeure

Airing differences

Interlude: California split

Arch rock: portal to northern California

The Tahoe crucible

Working fire

The pastures of purgatory

The big ones

Vignettes of primitive America: the sierra parks

Epilogue: California between two fires.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-3513-2

OCLC:

951505025